zoochosis

Something that anti-zoo people seem to bring up a lot as a reason why zoos are bad is stereotypic, stress-driven behavior. "Zoochosis", if you want to use their lingo. A well known example of this is pacing in carnviorans, like felids, ursids, canids, etc. As much as it hurts me, a longtime zoo...

Some zoos really do try, I give them that. Some zoos, not as much. Comparing the San Diego Wildlife Park to the LA Zoo was a very good example of this. There were endless animals at the LA zoo showing signs of Zoochosis including but not limited to; fossa, leopard, giant anteater, flamingos...